Sponsor: Board of Commissioners
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Amendment of Appointments to Standing Committees for 2024
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Recommendation
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Amend appointments to standing committees for the remainder of 2024.
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Background and Rationale
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Commissioner Trista Martinson accepted a new leadership role as the Executive Director with the
Ramsey/Washington County Recycling and Energy (R&E). Ramsey County and Washington County have worked together to manage waste responsibly since the 1980s. The counties work jointly with
Ramsey/Washington R&E to protect health and the environment and to meet the state’s 75% recycling goal by 2030. Ramsey/Washington County R&E serves over 800,000 residents and 70,000 businesses.
The Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy is governed by the joint powers Ramsey/Washington R&E Board, which is comprised of commissioners from the two counties, as well as two ex officio from the city of Newport and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Commissioner Martinson’s last day at Ramsey County will be end of day August 1, 2024.
On January 2, 2024, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners held its Annual Organizational Meeting to establish appointment of commissioners to standing committees. With the resignation of Commissioner Trista Martinson, the amendment to appointments to standing committees for the remainder of 2024 are as follows:
AUDIT
• Reinhardt, Chair
• McGuire, Vice-Chair
• Ortega
BUDGET
• Reinhardt, Chair
• Moran, Vice-Chair
• Frethem
• McGuire
• Ortega
• Xiong
LEGISLATIVE
• Moran, Chair
• Xiong, Vice-Chair
• Frethem
• McGuire
• Ortega
• Reinhardt
HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICE TEAM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
• Frethem, Chair
• Xiong, Vice-Chair
• McGuire
• Moran
• Ortega
• Reinhardt
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT SERVICE TEAM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
• Xiong, Chair
• Reinhardt, Vice-Chair
• Frethem
• McGuire
• Moran
• Ortega
INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RECORDS SERVICE TEAM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
• McGuire, Chair
• Reinhardt, Vice-Chair
• Frethem
• Moran
• Ortega
• Xiong
SAFETY AND JUSTICE SERVICE TEAM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
• Ortega, Chair
• Frethem, Vice-Chair
• McGuire
• Moran
• Reinhardt
• Xiong
STRATEGIC TEAM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
• Reinhardt, Chair
• McGuire, Vice-Chair
• Frethem
• Moran
• Ortega
• Xiong
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County Goals (Check those advanced by Action)
☐ Well-being ☐ Prosperity ☐ Opportunity ☒ Accountability
Racial Equity Impact
Appointments to standing county board committees is an annual administrative organizational action. The Ramsey County board is committed to racial equity and actively looks for ways to advance racial equity in the work of the county’s standing committees.
Community Participation Level and Impact
There is no community participation associated with the board action.
☒ Inform ☐ Consult ☐ Involve ☐ Collaborate ☐ Empower
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact associated with the board action.
Last Previous Action
On July 2, 2024, The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners accepted the resignation of Commissioner Trista Martinson (Resolution B2024-121).
On January 2, 2024, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners approved appointments to the standing committees for the year 2024 (Resolution B2024-004).
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